The nonstructural proteins directing coronavirus RNA synthesis and processing

EJ Snijder, E Decroly, J Ziebuhr - Advances in virus research, 2016 - Elsevier
Coronaviruses are animal and human pathogens that can cause lethal zoonotic infections
like SARS and MERS. They have polycistronic plus-stranded RNA genomes and belong to …

Nidovirales: evolving the largest RNA virus genome

AE Gorbalenya, L Enjuanes, J Ziebuhr, EJ Snijder - Virus research, 2006 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the monophyletic group of animal RNA viruses united in the order
Nidovirales. The order includes the distantly related coronaviruses, toroviruses, and …

Crystal structure of Nsp15 endoribonuclease NendoU from SARS‐CoV‐2

Y Kim, R Jedrzejczak, NI Maltseva… - Protein …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) is rapidly
spreading around the world. There is no existing vaccine or proven drug to prevent …

Tipiracil binds to uridine site and inhibits Nsp15 endoribonuclease NendoU from SARS-CoV-2

Y Kim, J Wower, N Maltseva, C Chang… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2 Nsp15 is a uridine-specific endoribonuclease with C-terminal catalytic
domain belonging to the EndoU family that is highly conserved in coronaviruses. As …

Polymorphic toxin systems: comprehensive characterization of trafficking modes, processing, mechanisms of action, immunity and ecology using comparative …

D Zhang, RF de Souza, V Anantharaman, LM Iyer… - Biology direct, 2012 - Springer
Background Proteinaceous toxins are observed across all levels of inter-organismal and
intra-genomic conflicts. These include recently discovered prokaryotic polymorphic toxin …

Comprehensive analysis of the HEPN superfamily: identification of novel roles in intra-genomic conflicts, defense, pathogenesis and RNA processing

V Anantharaman, KS Makarova, AM Burroughs… - Biology direct, 2013 - Springer
Background The major role of enzymatic toxins that target nucleic acids in biological
conflicts at all levels has become increasingly apparent thanks in large part to the advances …

Evolution of the deaminase fold and multiple origins of eukaryotic editing and mutagenic nucleic acid deaminases from bacterial toxin systems

LM Iyer, D Zhang, IB Rogozin… - Nucleic acids research, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The deaminase-like fold includes, in addition to nucleic acid/nucleotide deaminases, several
catalytic domains such as the JAB domain, and others involved in nucleotide and ADP …

Structural basis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus ADP-ribose-1 ″-phosphate dephosphorylation by a conserved domain of nsP3

KS Saikatendu, JS Joseph, V Subramanian, T Clayton… - Structure, 2005 - cell.com
The crystal structure of a conserved domain of nonstructural protein 3 (nsP3) from severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) has been solved by single-wavelength …

Structures of SARS-CoV-2 RNA-binding proteins and therapeutic targets

MT Khan, M Irfan, H Ahsan, A Ahmed, AC Kaushik… - Intervirology, 2021 - karger.com
Background: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic
has resulted in thousands of infections and deaths worldwide. Several therapies are …

Crystal structure and mechanistic determinants of SARS coronavirus nonstructural protein 15 define an endoribonuclease family

S Ricagno, MP Egloff, R Ulferts… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
The≈ 30-kb coronavirus (+) RNA genome is replicated and transcribed by a membrane-
bound replicase complex made up of 16 viral nonstructural proteins (nsp) with multiple …